Powering up communities: New grant to accelerate electrification & smart growth
Across the country, municipalities and transit agencies are beginning to embrace electrification in local transportation. They’re showing that the future of transportation does not...
Why We Need E-Bikes As A Climate and Mobility Solution
People in cities all around the world have been seeing a new phenomenon on their streets: electric bicycles, or e-bikes. Whether branded as part...
Why We Need E-Bikes As A Climate and Mobility Solution
People in cities all around the world have been seeing a new phenomenon on their streets: electric bicycles, or e-bikes. Whether branded as part...
Fostering Sustainable, Accessible African Cities Through TOD
Rapid urbanization is creating complex, multifaceted challenges and opportunities around the world. African cities are undeniably at the forefront of this phenomenon. As Africa’s...
The Path Ahead for Bikesharing
Bikeshare started appearing around 2005, as city governments contracted bikeshare equipment and operations with public funds (or advertising assets), making docked bikeshare a visible...
Catching the e-bike wave
Electric bikes have enormous potential to deliver affordable, clean, healthy and space-efficient transportation to the masses, but the feds and too many other leaders...
A New Approach to Modeling Commutes and Access in Our Cities
In All Possible Commutes: How Micromobility and Realistic Car Travel Times Impact Accessibility Analysis, a new paper from the New Urban Mobility Alliance (NUMO)...
How the Historic City of Cuenca, Ecuador is Modernizing Its Transport Systems
Situated at the intersection of four rivers, the city of Cuenca — the third largest in Ecuador — is an internationally recognized UNESCO World...
The Current Fuel Crisis Is An Opportunity to Reshape US Cities
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What does the new infrastructure law mean for micromobility?
The expansion of grant and formula eligibility in the infrastructure law to include micromobility will give communities and states additional options for providing more...
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Art meets action: Revitalizing West Baltimore
In West Baltimore, our partners West North Avenue Development Authority (WNADA), Graham Projects, and Open Works hosted a community engagement pop-up to redesign West...
Time’s up! What wins has Biden notched and what has he left incomplete on...
In November 2020, we sent the incoming Biden administration a memo outlining immediate and longer-term actions we urged the new president to initiate. Four...
Los Angles Needs to Fireproof Communities, Not Just Houses
As houses continue to burn in Los Angeles, officials have already started talking about rebuilding the city. “We’re going to rebuild this remarkable community...
Riding into 2025, We Face a Pivotal Moment for Urban Cycling
As we begin 2025, we stand at a critical point in the journey toward achieving global sustainability targets, particularly in transportation. The year marks...
